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Kerry King<\/a><\/strong> recently announced his new solo album and debut solo album From Hell I Rise<\/em>. Despite the long-standing rumors that Phil Anselmo<\/strong> would be the band’s vocalist, it turns out that Death Angel<\/a><\/strong> frontman Mark Osegueda<\/strong> is bringing the heat behind the mic. And if you heard the first single “Idle Hands”<\/a>, you’ll know that “heat” is the right word.<\/p>\n So how did King<\/a><\/strong> and Osegueda get together? In an interview with El Planeta Del Rock<\/em>, Osegueda<\/strong> said it was a long process despite he and King<\/a><\/strong> being friends.<\/p>\n “It wasn’t an overnight thing. It was a long process,” said Osegueda<\/strong>. “Me and Kerry<\/a><\/strong> are friends, for sure, but that’s not the reason I got the gig. By no means did I get the gig because we’re friends; it was definitely a lot of hard work.<\/p>\n “He’s an institution unto himself as his, as is Slayer<\/a><\/strong>, and when Slayer<\/a><\/strong> announced that they weren’t gonna go any longer, he made it known to everyone that he was far from done. And when that was announced, it was quite a few years ago.<\/p>\n “It was probably during the pandemic that I just gave him a cold call out of the blue, or a cold text rather, just saying, ‘Just so you know, I heard you’re doing this, and I’m just throwing my name into the hat, into the ring, or throwing my throat into the ring rather.’ And he was, like, ‘Hmm.’ He’s a very to-the-point guy, and he said, ‘Okay.’ And I know he’s very serious about everything he does musically.”<\/p>\n Osegueda<\/strong> said he demoed quite a bit of material with King<\/a><\/strong>, and notes that other musicians were in the running to join the band. Ultimately King<\/a><\/strong>‘s band became drummer Paul Bostaph<\/strong> (Slayer<\/a><\/strong>), bassist Kyle Sanders<\/strong> (Hellyeah<\/a><\/strong>), and guitarist Phil Demmel<\/strong> (ex-Vio-Lence<\/a><\/strong>, ex-Machine Head<\/a><\/strong>), but who knows who else was being considered!<\/p>\n “It was a lot of hard work, I’ll tell you that \u2014 a lot of going back and forth. I did quite a bit of demoing with him, and nothing was a sure thing ever. I know he had other people in mind for every for every position in the band. I think Paul<\/strong> was the shoo-in right off the bat, and then after that\u2026 Kerry<\/a><\/strong> knew his vision. He knew what he wanted. He knew what he heard in his head, and he wanted a lineup that could deliver it.<\/p>\n “And after a lot of hard work, one day me and him were out together \u2014 and it was plain simple as that. But quite some time had gone by and a lot of work was put into it, and he just said, ‘If you want the gig, it’s yours.’ And I, of course, I just looked at him, like, ‘Ah.’ Pretty much, ‘Fuck yeah.’ And I gave him a huge hug, and from then on it was just even more hard work.<\/p>\n “As hard as I worked to get the gig, once I got the gig, it was even more hard work just concentrating on the songs and getting what I was gonna do to deliver in the studio. Once we got in the studio, we went in with Josh Wilbur<\/strong>, who produced it, at Henson Studios in Hollywood, and we didn’t mess around. We got in \u2014 I think loaded in, two weeks later loaded out. It was work every day, but one of the most amazing studio experiences I’ve had and very fulfilling.”<\/p>\n \n